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| More Parasitic Plants and their Hosts | 
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| Beneath the Orobanche and Phelipanche there are more parasitic plants, which are sponging on the roots of other plants.
In each row a parasitic plant is presented with one or two of its hosts. 
 
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|  Cytinus hypocistis / Cytinus
 Rafflesiaceae / Cytine Fam.
 
  Cytinus hypocistis / Cytinus
 Rafflesiaceae / Cytine Fam.
 
 
 
 |  |  Cistus albidus / Grey-Leaved Cistus
 Cistaceae / Rockrose Fam.
 
  Cistus albidus / Grey-Leaved Cistus
 Cistaceae / Rockrose Fam.
 
 |  |  Cistus salviifolius / Sage-Leaved Rock-Rose
 Cistaceae / Rockrose Fam.
 
  Cistus salviifolius / Sage-Leaved Rock-Rose
 Cistaceae / Rockrose Fam.
 
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|  Cynomorium coccineum / Maltese Fungus, Desert Thumb
 Balanophoraceae / Cynomorium Fam.
 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)
 
 
 
 |  |  Suaeda vera / Shrubby Sea Blite, Alkali Seepweed
 Chenopodiaceae / Goosefoot Fam.
 
 
 
 |  |  Atriplex halimus / Salt Bush, Sea Orache
 Chenopodiaceae / Goosefoot Fam.
 
 
 
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|  Cuscuta campestris / Yellow Dodder
 Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.
 
 
 
 |  |  Cuscuta campestris / Yellow Dodder
 Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.
 
 |  |  Medicago x varia / Sand Lucerne
 = Medicago falcata x sativa
 Fabaceae / Legumes
 
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|  Cuscuta europaea / Greater Dodder
 Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.
 on Nettle Urtica dioica.
 
 
 
 |  |  Cuscuta europaea / Greater Dodder
 Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.
 on Nettle Urtica dioica.
 |  |  Rubus caesius / Dewberry
 Rosaceae / Rose Fam.
 and other Brambles.
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|  Cuscuta epithymum / Dodder
 Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.
 
 
 
 |  |  Thymus pulegioides / Large Thyme
 Lamiaceae / Mint Fam.
 
 
 
 |  | In addition to Lamiaceae such as Thymus and Origanum species, in the Mediterranean hosts are also several Fabaceae such as Trifolium. | 
|  Cuscuta lupuliformis / Willow Dodder
 Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.
 
 
 
 |  |  Salix alba / White Willow
 Salicaceae / Willow Fam.
 
 
 
 |  |  Populus alba / White Poplar
 Salicaceae / Willow Fam.
 
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|  Lathraea squamaria / Toothwort
 Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.
 
 
 
 |  |  Lathraea squamaria / Toothwort
 Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.
 
 |  |  Corylus avellana / Hazel
 Betulaceae / Birch Fam.
 
 
 Lathraea squamaria is parasite not only on Corylus avellana,
but also on Populus x canadensis and Alnus glutinosa.
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|  Lathraea clandestina / Purple Toothwort
 Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.
 
 
 
 |  |  Salix alba / White Willow
 Salicaceae / Willow Fam.
 
 
 Lathraea clandestina, which I found in Southern France, is parasite
Alder, Popular and Willow.
 |  |  Populus x canadensis / Black Poplar
 = Populus deltoides x nigra
 Salicaceae / Willow Fam.
 
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|  Rhinanthus serotinus / Narrow-Leaved Yellow-Rattle
 Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.
 
 The Yellow-Rattles are semi-parasites on numerous species of Poaceae and Cyperaceae.
 |  |  Rhinanthus minor / Yellow-Rattle
 Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.
 
 |  |  Setaria viridis / Green Bristle Grass
 Poaceae / Grass Fam.
 
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